Deborah Tannen 'Taking Words' Too Literally Analysis

In the society today we are surrounded by love and hate. In the article “Taking Words’ Too Literally” by Deborah Tannen explains about the comments of the “argument culture” that is happening today in the United States. She states that we are more confrontational and less open to others’ ideas. Which made Tannen think that we are confrontational about our own ideas, and explains on why she thinks that based on her experience.
In the article “Taking Words’ Too Literally,” she defines her meaning of “argument culture”. By that means it is defined as how we discuss our issues in public, and how we love to debate in the media, classrooms etc. What debating means is “ taking two sides and opposing their positions to do a battle of their opinions.